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Images of Leisure: Works from the Fra Dana Collection Everyday leisure scenes became a popular genre in the art of the late 19th century and remained common in works of the 20th century. This exhibit features artworks from the late 19th and early 20th century by Fra Dana, William Merritt Chase, Honoré Daumier, Jean-Louis Forain, Alfred Maurer, and Joseph Henry Sharp. |
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Contemporary Native American Art - Featuring 31 paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures and installations by 19 nationally and internationally recognized artists, this work presents viewpoints of Native American artists on the Corps of Discovery and the Lewis and Clark Bicentennial. Image: Jim Denomie, Manifold Destiny, oil on canvas, 2000, 47" x 34" |
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Millikan Faces, Meloy Places, Works from the Permanent Collection This exhibition features two important components of the museum’s Permanent Collection. Included are portraits and figurative work spanning 400 years from the recently acquired Millikan Collection and watercolors of Montana landscapes from the Henry Meloy Collection. Images: (L) M. Allen, untitled, oil on canvas, n.d., 26" x 19" |
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Ancient Threads, Newly Woven: Recent Art from China's Silk Road September 6 - October 15, 2005 This traveling exhibition, organized by the Meridian International Center, highlights 62 works by artists living in China's Silk Road region. Merging traditional forms with contemporary approaches, this exciting work conveys a unique blend of Eastern and Western influences. Image: Wang Guangxin, White Harmony in September, oil on canvas, 1994, 63" x 59" |
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Photographing Montana 1894 - 1928: This exhibit, organized by the Montana Historical Society, includes 47 striking photographs reproduced from Montana photographer Evelyn Cameron’s glass plate nitrate negatives. These photographs are a record of the early days on the western frontier. Image: Evelyn Cameron, self portrait, n.d., photograph |
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The Beauty in Her . . . Paintings by Dirk Lee This exhibition features oil paintings by Missoula artist Dirk Lee, depicting female portraits and female nudes in a style reflective of surrealism and mannerism. Through brilliant use of color, tight brushwork, and refractive textures, Lee’s sensitive portraits celebrate female beauty. Image: Dirk Lee, Cakeo Sleeping, oil on canvas, 1982, 18" x 40" |
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Creatures from the Permanent Collection Creatures from the Permanent Collection presents a diverse selection of works from MMAC’s Permanent Collection, all depicting wild and domesticated animals. Included are works by internationally known artists such as Andy Warhol, and regionally important artists such as Walter Hook, and Stephen Glueckert. Image: Branson Stevenson, Sleeping Pointer, etching, n.d., 5" x 7" |
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Frances Senska: January 6 - February 25, 2006 A retrospective of one of Montana's most influential ceramic artists. This traveling exhibition was coordinated by the Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT. Image: Frances Senska, YaBaBo Pot, stoneware, n.d., 9" x 7" diameter |
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Two Print Exhibitions: The Pop Prints of Blake, Kitaj, and Salle: Curated by UM Professor of Art History and Criticism, Valerie Hedquist, Ph.D., and her Advanced Art Criticism students, this exhibition features the wood engravings of Peter Blake and the screenprints of R.B. Kitaj and David Salle. These works explore marginalized people and cultural experiences with formal and pictorial immediacy. Image: Peter Blake, Giant, wood engraving, ca. 1975-78, 6" x 5" |
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Landscapes along the Lewis and Clark Trail: This exhibition features paintings from the museum's Permanent Collection. The lush diversity of Montana's landscape, past and present, is captured in works by E.S. Paxson, Ralph DeCamp, Joseph Henry Sharp, William Standing, and many more. Image: Joseph Henry Sharp, Fall Coloring, oil on canvas, n.d., 20" x 26" |
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Watershed Stories This regional non-juried photography exhibition features a broad cross-section of images of the Clark Fork, Blackfoot, and Silverbow watersheds. As a response to the upcoming removal of the Milltown Dam, the public of all ages and abilities was invited to document life within these affected watersheds. Image: Alan McQuillan, Bonner Mill from Milltown Dam, ultrachrome print, 1993, 8" x 10" |
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Rephotographing Atget: Christopher Rauschenberg In this exhibition, photographer Christopher Rauschenberg revisits locations in Paris originally photographed nearly 100 years earlier by Eugéne Atget. The resulting work pays homage to Atget and serves as a commentary on photography as history and art. Images: (L) Eugène Atget, Versailles parc, 1902, gelatin silver print |
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Children of the Permanent Collection Children have always been a favorite subject matter in the history of art. This exhibition features works from MMAC’s Permanent Collection from different periods and created in different media and styles. They depict children at play, at home, and children as young entrepreneurs. Children's Art from the Community This exhibit features paintings and drawings by Missoula's elementary school children grades K-5. The subjects of the children's works are in response to the exhibit Children of the Permanent Collection. The works reveal how children see adults and what is important to them in their relationship with adults. By displaying children's art next to the works from the Permanent Collection viewers will have the opportunity to see both perspectives: society's attitudes towards children and children's ideas about adults. Image: John G. Brown, Boy with Snowball, oil on canvas, n.d., 24" x 16" |
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The Collectors' Art Featuring works by internationally known Pop artists Robert Rauschenberg, James Rosenquist, Ed Ruscha, Andy Warhol, and widely acclaimed Montana artists Rudy Autio, Lela Autio, Tu Baixiong, Nancy Erickson, and Beth Lo. MMAC is grateful to the generous private collectors who loaned works for this exhibition, which sheds light on the art of collecting. |
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40 Years of Campus Art Awards Featuring works from MMAC's Permanent Collection acquired from 1966 through 2006. Image: Leonard Stach, untitled, oil on board, ca. 1966, ca. 40" x 39" |
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George Longfish: A Retrospective Internationally noted Native American artist George Longfish (Seneca/Tuscarora) is known for his mixed media paintings that explore contemporary Native issues. Longfish directed UM's Graduate Program in American Indian Art in 1972, and taught at UC Davis 1973 - 2003. This exhibition featuring 35 years of Longfish's work is organized by MMAC and will travel to venues throughout the U.S. Image: George Longfish, Portrait of an Artist, mixed media on paper, 1985, 40" x 30"
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Marilyn Bruya: A Retrospective This exhibition celebrates the work of University of Montana Professor of Art, Marilyn Bruya. Professor Bruya, an instructor of painting and drawing, is retiring after 25 years at UM. Bruya's recent work explores the physical world as representative of inner experiences, and references the transitory nature of life. Image: Marilyn Bruya, Illusion, oil on canvas, 2007, 20" x 30"
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Yellowstone Engraved: Images that Popularized Jackson, Moran, and America's First National Park This exhibition consists of 108 antique, original engravings from the 19th century, created after the photographs by William Henry Jackson and paintings by Thomas Moran and other artists. The engravings represent the romantic view these artists held about our nation's newfound "wonderland" - Yellowstone National Park. Image: S.V. Hunt, after Thomas Moran, The Upper Yellowstone Falls, engraving
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Henry Meloy: The Portraits Although a major part of Henry Meloy's oeuvre is a unique collection of portraits, these works have not received the public recognition they deserve. These watercolors and drawings celebrate female beauty, convey Henry Meloy's love for his family members and also introduce characters of New York's urban life of the 1930s and 1940s. Image: Henry Meloy, untitled, graphite on paper, undated, 14" x 11"
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Rudy Remembered (1926 - 2007) Honoring intetnationally acclaimed UM Professor Emeritus Rudy Autio and his important role as an artist and educator. Image: Rudy Autio, untitled, ceramic vessel, 1958 |
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Richard Buswell: Traces - Montana's Frontier Re-visited Featuring black and white photographs of hidden Montana ghost towns and isolated sites of early settlement. Through photographs of personal possessions and eroding structures, Buswell tells tales of nature's reclamation of frontier sites. Image: Richard S. Buswell, Cash Register, silver gelatin print, ©Richard S. Buswell |
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Mike Catlin, Butte: The 1970s This exhibition showcases 52 black and white photographs that document architecture, street life, and businesses of the mining town during the 1970s. Image: Mike Catlin, Salvaging Materials – Finn Town, silver gelatin print, 1970s |
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Sacks Appeal: Designs on the Shopping Bag This exhibition features some of the finest shopping bag designs of the 20th century. Included are a dazzling display of bags with designs by artists such as Roy Lichtenstein, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Joseph Beuys, Barbara Kruger, and Annie Liebowitz. Image: Keith Haring, L’epoque La Mode, La Morale, La Passion 1977-1987, Exhibition bag, ca. 1977, plastic
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Everyday Objects in Art: Works from the Permanent Collection This exhibit features works from the Permanent Collection created from common, found objects. Image: George Ybarra, The Abduction of Cipactli, steel, found objects, |
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Impacted Nations This exhibition is an artistic collaboration examining the conflict between Native peoples' spiritual relationship to the earth and the political forces that undermine that relationship. Image: Star Wallowing Bull, Ojibwe, Modern Day Indian, drawing, 2004, 22" x 30"
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Sordid and Sacred: The Beggars in Rembrandt's Etchings Widely recognized as the greatest practitioner of the etching technique of intaglio printmaking, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn created a total of 300 prints that constitute a body of work unparalleled in richness and beauty. This traveling exhibition, organized by Landau Traveling Exhibitions, offers viewers a rare opportunity to see 35 of these prints, which focus with profound empathy on the poor and underprivileged of his time. Generously sponsored by Grizzly Riders International. Image: Rembrandt, Peasant family on the tramp, ca. 1652 |
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Miracles and Myths: Mapping the World from 1572 to 1921 Discover how maps made the world “go round.” Collector Bill Caras’ maps will invite you to marvel at the stunning accuracies, the persistent fantasies and the historical developments detailed in these 40 original maps. Henricus Hondius (Dutch) 1639 America Septentrionalis, engraving
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The Poindexter Collection Presenting a cross section of modern American painting including works by Willem de Kooning, Arshile Gorky, Franz Kline and Richard Diebenkorn, on loan to MMAC from the Montana Historical Society. Willem de Kooning, Untitled, 1947, oil and charcoal on paperboard
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